Three of the final four cover candidates are QBs, with Colin Kaepernick and Richard Sherman in the other semifinal. If Sherman doesn't win, it would mean a quarterback graces the Madden cover for the first time since 2010.

You can vote at ESPN.com or tweet using the hashtag #MaddenCover with their selection. But be careful what you wish for.

A Really Bad Joke

A Colts Ryan Leaf jersey signed by the former NFL QB. What might have been...(Photo: MMQB.com)

Did you just throw up in your mouth a little bit.

The above image may give Colts fans cold sweats. And for good reason. Instead of Peyton Manning, the Colts very well could have taken Washington State QB Ryan Leaf with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft.

Thankfully for Indy fans, the Colts went with No. 18.

Hanging in "The Dan Patrick Show's" studio is a Colts Leaf jersey signed by the flame out QB, which landed in MMQB.com's 'NFL 95,' which details 95 artifacts that tell the story of the NFL.

Here's all you need to know about how inexact the science of drafting can be: Last February, the first overall pick in the 1998 draft, Peyton Manning, was playing for his second team in his third Super Bowl at the end of his fifth MVP season, in which he earned a $25 million salary.

The second overall pick from '98, Ryan Leaf, was in a Montana prison, having flamed out of the NFL after five seasons. He was arrested twice in two days in 2012 and sentenced to five years on felony drug and burglary charges. During the sentencing, Leaf told the judge, "I'm lazy and dishonest and selfish. These were behaviors I had before my addiction kicked in."